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This is a guest post from Bill Sweeney. Bill works for a pest control company in Indiana and is no stranger to ticks. He always makes sure to check his dogs for ticks after returning from walks in the woods Three seasons out the year, ticks are a pet owner’s worst nightmare. Your dog goes out to [...]

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Some of you may be just starting your pet sitting business and still working a 9-5 job to pay the bills and others of you may have spent several years building up your pet sitting business but just still haven’t made the leap to full time business ownership. The decision to leave a stable income [...]

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Today marks the official start of Pet Sitters Week – a week dedicated to celebration of the role of professional pet sitters in today’s pet care industry. At the APSE we have chosen to celebrate this annual event by sharing the stories of 6 heroic pet sitters who in their everyday job of caring for [...]

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Last week I got some great advice that has really helped me in the last week to relax more at networking events – and also follow up more effectively with people I do feel a connection with. Instead of going to a large networking meeting and seeing how many business cards you can collect – [...]

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We don’t like to think about the worst case scenario – but as pet sitters we carry the responsibility of caring for the pets of our clients who are many times out of town. What would happen to those pets if we are in an accident and wind up in the hospital – or [...]

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Last week I was invited to a new Facebook group – DFW Pet Business Owners. This group was created by a pet business directory here in Dallas and has already been of immense value to me. Creating a Facebook group is a super easy way to meet other business owners in your area and work [...]

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This is a hot off the press post to let you know that we just published our first virtual magazine (that means a downloadable Adobe pdf file). In our first issue you will find these great articles: Pet Care Professionalism in Your Decade Ahead – Thom Somes Where To – GET NOTICED – Jill Lublin [...]

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Today at the Association of Pet Sitting Excellence we launched a brand new website for the pet industry – ThePetIndustry.com. We hope that this site will become the wikipedia for our industry and give pet business owners like you a place to find the answers and information you need to grow your business. The site [...]

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One way to connect with pet lovers in your community is through Meetup.com – the place online to find like minded people gathering near you. If you haven’t already gone to take a look – when you do I’m sure that if you search your city or area you’ll find lots and lots of pet [...]

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Well here we are at Friday already – almost a full week into the new year. What plans do you have to market your business this year? Do they include any video? Video is definitely a hot topic online. Having video on your website lets you connect more personally with potential clients – and studies [...]